| Grant number: | 07/06436-4 |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |
| Start date: | March 01, 2008 |
| End date: | July 31, 2009 |
| Field of knowledge: | Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Astronomy - Extragalactic Astrophysics |
| Principal Investigator: | Claudia Lucia Mendes de Oliveira |
| Grantee: | Paula Maria Fernanda Urrutia Viscarra |
| Host Institution: | Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
Abstract Young extragalactic star formation regions can be found close to merging or strongly interacting galaxies, in the outskirts of galaxy pairs or inthe intragroup medium of interacting loose and compact groups. This thesis will address a study of the ages and masses of such young star formingregions, which we plan to identify in 34 galactic systems. The sample was selected in a search made in the archive of the GALEX satellite (for the ultraviolet data) and the databases of the ``Rogues GAllery" (which contain HI maps for a number of interacting systems) and the sdss (for the optical data). These star forming regions are expected to vary in mass, age and sizes, being identified as young clusters, intergalactic HII regions or tidal dwarf galaxies. The majority of the groups/pairs we plan to study contain HI clouds which do not coincide with the optical centers of the galaxies. | |
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